Description

Job Title: Member of Technical Staff, Hardware Systems Engineer

Job Location: San Jose, CA

Job ID: AI2404

Job Description

Work on Edge AI products on a team focused on Systems Hardware Engineering that designs, builds, brings-up, and productizes PCB boards and platforms. The boards, platforms showcase Machine Learning SoC, and are used for bring-up, debug, characterization, customer samples, customer reference and production. This role entails cross-functional collaboration with experienced engineers, working for internal bring-up, debug, validation needs as well as internal customer requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop analog and digital circuit schematics using industry-standard tools (e.g., Altium, OrCAD).
• Lead or support PCB layout and design reviews to ensure design correctness, signal integrity, power integrity, compliance, and manufacturability.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams and external ODM / Fab houses to define hardware requirements and system architecture.
• Prototype, validate, and debug hardware systems using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other lab equipment.
• Perform design-for-manufacturing (DFM) and design-for-test (DFT) analysis.
• Work with suppliers and manufacturing partners to bring designs to production.
• Maintain detailed documentation including BOMs, schematics, test plans, and design reports.
  
  

Required Background

• BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering (Master’s degree is a plus).
• 15 + years work experience in PCB board or Systems Electrical Engineering.
• Experience in High Performance Compute (HPC) debugging, validation and performance testing that includes applicable leading-edge interfaces; LPDDR5, PCIe Gen5, 10GB Ethernet, SerDes, MIPI.
• Experience in the use of high-end lab equipment such as high-speed oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, etc.
• Knowledge of High-speed I/Os such as LPDDR, PCIe and Ethernet (ideally at least two of these).
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Familiar with the electronic test lab environment (include different equipment), especially the PCB board bring up process, strong analysis ability in the board debugging.
• Familiar the debug interfaces for embedded system, debug the I2C/SPI, MDIO bus by Beagle, Aardvak adapter, UART and JTAG by USB-FTDI adapter, in windows and Linux Debian.
• Familiar with equipment such as High Speed Oscilloscopes for the bring up and debug tests,like how to measure the clock, noise, capture the Enable/PG/Reset/ power sequence signals, and bus interface signals (I2c, SD,SPI...).
• Familiar Python, utilize the Python scripts to boot up the system.
• Knowledge of networking protocol analyzers such as PCIe is a big plus.
• Knowledge of ASIC characterization is a plus.
• Knowledge of PCB manufacturing, assembly, and test is a plus.
• Knowledge of Quality, and Reliability of PCB products is a plus.
  
  

Personal Attributes

Can-do attitude. Strong team player. Curious, creative, and good at solving problems. Execution and results oriented. Self-driven, Thinks Big and is highly accountable. Good communication skills.

The annual salary for this position ranges from $200,000 - $274,600. The actual annual salary paid for this position will be based on several factors, including but not limited to, skills, prior experiences, qualifications, expertise, work location, total target compensation, training, company needs, and current market demands. The annual salary range for this position is subject to change and may be adjusted in the future.

EEO Employer: SiMa is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.